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The hardest thing I've noticed about sewing these is not letting the sail get in it's own way! I've had to come up with some novel ways to keep the sail from catching/binding on the body of the sewing machine, such as rolling, folding, bunching it up to get it out of the way.

My first straight stitches were anything but! I finally realized that my best bet was to use one hand on the front of the machine as a guide to keep the fabric feeding straight. Of course it won't work on the stand-off reinforcements because they are curved...

I'll be working on the CT reinforcement and the spine tension/tunnel next. I'll get some pictures...

Ok... I have the kite done except for the bridle. Decided to change the frame a little. As built: Spine/LLE-P2X, ULE-P300, US-6mm tube, LS-Dynamic T10, SO-3mm solid, Elbows and SO junctions-APA all around...The fabric I used on this must have been the same stuff Untitled used, it wound up being pretty stretchy. I have some coated PE coming, so I'll be able to compare the 2.

The panel alignment is the most difficult part of that sort of layout (at least for me) and it looks like you got it all spot on!

By the way, you'll find that you get a lot fewer line wraps around the keel if you shorten it so it's more flush

Coming from a "real" builder, I'll take that as an extreme compliment!

I'm glad you said something about the spine/keel. I was kind of wondering about the length myself but was trying to keep to the plan on this one to keep the bridle adjustments to a minimum. Of course that is an extremely easy fix by shortening the spine rod a tad and it will not affect the bridle at all...

I still need to add the yo-yo stoppers and the weight. Have to hit HD or L for some brass tubing...